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Fifth Wheel Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 Chevy 2500HD - Video

The first step is to lower the spare tire to gain access to the under body of the vehicle. The second step is to remove the heat shield, which is located on the passenger side of the vehicle. There are 8 bolts that need to be removed to take the heat shield down. Two in the rear, four in the middle and two up front as well. After the heat shield is removed, you want to place the forward most mounting rail inside the bed and center it in between the wheel wells at the given length that is predetermined in the instructions. For the short box model which were installing this one on, the length is at 47 1/2 inches. Once you have the rail mounted and centered in the bed, you want to center punch the holes since you are going to be drilling through the bed. more

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Posted: 8/12/2008 9:48:14 AM

Fifth Wheel Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Chevy Silverado - Video

Today we are going to be installing the Signature Series Fifth Wheel part number 30061. On a 2007 new body style Chevy Silverado pickup 2500. The first thing we need to do is lower the spare tire to gain access to the under body. Next we will need to remove the heat shield or else it will be in the way during our installation. After we remove the heat shield we want to go ahead and put the rear cross member into place. As you can clearly see that we have already put the cross member in. It will be easier if you loosen or remove the bed bolts. There are 4 middle ones that if you take them out or loosen they will allow you extra room when putting the cross member back into position. Then go ahead and install the front and rear channel. You can see we have both cross members into position now. The next step will be to mount the side brackets on the side of the frame. more

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Posted: 7/24/2008 8:32:56 AM

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